Not the Onion: Black Caucus chair criticizes Kavanaugh for writing ‘we are just one race’

On the most perfunctory day of the grandstanding media circus that was Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate confirmation hearing, Congressional Black Caucus head Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., criticized the judge for once writing that “we are all one race.”

Yes, during a section of his prepared testimony that cast aspersions on Kavanaugh’s history on the issue of affirmative action, Richmond said it was “troublesome” that, while working in private practice some 20 years ago, the nominee wrote that the future Supreme Court would eventually recognize that “in the eyes of the government, we are just one race.”

Richmond also addressed the Harvard investigation, saying that, because of the probe, his caucus is “deeply troubled by the increased likelihood this issue will come before the Supreme Court in short order.”

If you’re tired of the mostly scripted hysteria surrounding this confirmation process, you’re not alone. I discussed the matter in greater detail with Stephen Herreid of CatholicVote.

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